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Will you be in Disney World next week?
Animal Kingdom
If so, you’ll be arriving at a really good time. The weather won’t be too hot (although we can’t promise it won’t get a little chilly!). You don’t have to worry about marathon weekend crowds (because that’s over — for now). Plus you’ll be able to check out the EPCOT Festival of the Arts. But BEFORE you go, you will need to know about park hours and the park pass reservation availability.
Are you planning to head to Disney World next week?
EPCOT Festival of the Arts
There’s certainly plenty to do this time of year. Sure, Splash Mountain will be closed forever to reopen as a NEW attraction in 2024. But the EPCOT Festival of the Arts is on and you’ll be able to check out all the food booths, activities, and entertainment. But you’ll also need to know about park pass availability for the week, as well as park hours.
Well, we’re about halfway through January, and how exactly did that happen? It seems like the holidays were just yesterday!
Spaceship Earth’s Figment Show!
Granted, the holiday crowds are pretty much gone from Disney World, and things seem to be returning to “normal,” although we’re sure the EPCOT Festival of the Arts will be bringing in some guests. So let’s take a look at park hours and the park pass reservation situation for next week.
We’re just a few months away from the grand opening of TRON Lightcycle / Run!
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The highly-anticipated coaster is coming soon to Magic Kingdom, and the opening date was announced just yesterday. But within 24 hours, people are already setting their plans to check out the new ride — Disney Park Passes are filling up!
We have an official opening date for the highly-anticipated TRON Lightcycle Run!
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The brand-new Magic Kingdom attraction will open on April 4th, 2023. If you want to be one of the first to ride, you’re going to need to be prepared — and that means making your plans now!
That’s it — we’ve survived the first week of January 2023! It sure has been a doozy — we got some new details on a new Disney dining promo, we FINALLY got the full menus for the EPCOT Festival of the Arts, and Disney World announced some NEW discounts for select guests.
Hollywood Studios
So what if you’re headed to Disney World next week? Well, let’s take a look at park hours and park pass availability to see what things are going to look like.Â
Believe it or not, the week after the holidays can sometimes be even MORE crowded in Disney World than the peak holiday season. A recent update proves that’s the case this year!
Fantasyland is one of the areas with bottlenecks
Although we saw some pretty big crowds at the parks for Christmas and New Year’s, we’re seeing even more people at Disney World today, January 2nd. And it looks like those crowds are going to get BIGGER soon. [Read more…]
Well, we’re ready to put the holiday season behind us, but boy, oh BOY, has it been fun!
The holiday season is coming to a close
We’ve enjoyed seeing all the beautiful holiday decorations, checking out the gingerbread displays, eating ALL the holiday treats, and eating even MORE holiday foods at the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays. But now, we’re heading into the first week of 2023, so let’s see what Disney World’s park hours and park pass availability look like for January 1st-7th, 2023!
Update: Park Pass availability continues to change. We’ve placed some updates in this post but continue to check for updates on Disney World’s Park Pass availability calendars.
If you’re hoping to go to Disney World in January of 2023, there’s one date that you’ll have to cross off from your plans.
EPCOT
All Disney World guests are still required to obtain a valid Park ticket and Park Pass for the park they wish to visit in order to enter. When all Park Passes for a particular day sell out, that’s IT — no more visiting Disney World on that day (unless availability changes). Well, if you’re heading to Disney World right now or really soon and you haven’t bought those tickets yet (or forgot to grab your Park Pass), there’s a big update you need to know about.
We’re in the thick of the holiday season in Disney World, and there are ways to celebrate almost wherever you go!
Toy Story Land
You can check out Festival of the Holidays in EPCOT, Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party in Magic Kingdom, or the awesome gingerbread displays in the resorts. It’s about to be the week before Christmas, which means the parks get BUSY. So, if you’re in Disney World next week, you need to know what the hours are for the parks AND park availability. So, let’s take a look!
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